How to pronounce mute

(Entry 1 of 4) 1 : unable to speak : lacking the power of speech. 2 : characterized by absence of speech: such as. a : felt or experienced but not expressed touched her hand in mute sympathy her mute hostility.

When the T and D sounds come between two other consonant sounds, many Americans will drop them. But when we add the -ly ending, it now comes between two consonants. You’ll hear a lot of native speakers say ‘exactly‘, with no T sound. Exactly, exactly.